Diamonds, roses, I need Moses   To cross this sea of loneliness, part this Red River of pain   I don't necessarily buy any key to the future or happiness   But I need a little place in the sun sometimes or I think I will die      And everywhere is somewhere and nowhere is near   Everybody got somebody with their wine and their beer   So I'm just this tragic figure in the corner over here   With an empty apartment and a best friend who is queer      Every time I see him he smiles   And he tells me how well he's walking these miles   But he never ever asks a single thing about me   If I die, he'd hear about it eventually      Your diamonds, roses, I need Moses   To cross this sea of loneliness   Part this Red River of pain, oh, oh, oh      And everywhere is somewhere and nowhere is near   Everybody got somebody with their wine and their beer   So I'm just this tragic figure in the corner over here   Go home to empty apartment and call a best friend who is a queer      Oh diamonds, roses, I need Moses   To cross this sea of loneliness, part this Red River of pain   To cross this sea of loneliness, part this Red River of pain   To cross this sea of loneliness, part this Red River of pain, of pain   Oh, oh